WOW: Cataclysm is fastest selling PC game of all time

Posted by: Caleb Welty at Dec. 13, 2010 9:12 am

Remember when Myst was the best selling game of all time? While exact numbers are hard to pin down, Myst (which was released in 1993) sold a little over 9 million copies. Maybe that provides a little perspective to Blizzard's announcement that WOW:Cataclysm sold 3.3 million copies in 24 hours...literally more than a third of Myst's total sales from over a decade long period.

Of course the market for PC games is a lot different today than it was in 1993, so in that sense we are comparing apples to oranges. Still, World of Warcraft is clearly a very popular game.

Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, put out an official statement to mark the occasion, "We had to bring Azeroth to the brink of destruction in Cataclysm, but the result was our best expansion yet. We want to thank all of our new, existing, and returning players throughout the world for their incredible enthusiasm and support, and we look forward to hearing what they think about all the new content."

Christmas will be good in the Blizzard offices this year!

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Dipa

Posted: Mar. 6, 2012 10:02 pm

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